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NATO Gearing Up for Direct Showdown With Russia – Top Russian Diplomat
NATO Gearing Up for Direct Showdown With Russia – Top Russian Diplomat
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NATO is retooling its armed forces, boosting military budgets, and revamping its command structure – all with one target in mind: Russia, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.
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NATO is retooling its armed forces, boosting military budgets, and revamping its command structure – all with one target in mind: Russia, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. All the recent NATO drills and the full-blown military buildup are, by and large, “being tailored to the task of a direct military clash with Russia,” he warned on the sidelines of the Forum of the Future 2050. According to him, this aggressive military planning is a reality that today determines Russia’s military-political relations with NATO states. Russia has long sounded the alarm over the bloc’s growing footprint near its borders. While the alliance claims it’s all about “containing” an alleged Russian “threat,” the Kremlin sees it as provocation.The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that it remains open to dialogue with NATO, but on an equal footing, urging the West to abandon its course toward militarization of the continent.
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Russia has long sounded the alarm over the bloc’s growing footprint near its borders. While the alliance claims it’s all about “containing” an alleged Russian “threat,” the Kremlin sees it as provocation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that it remains open to dialogue with NATO, but on an equal footing, urging the West to abandon its course toward militarization of the continent.
